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"Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded." Thread poster: Richard Bartholomew
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| Otherwise it's a good idea. | Mar 20, 2014 |
Christian Esquivel wrote:
Maybe it's time you started a small agency. ...
That's certainly a reasonable option to suggest to someone who's got even a little talent for managing people. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately) I don't. I find that I'm almost perfectly suited to sitting alone all day long and working on translations. I was a software engineer in a former life and found the best part of that job was just to be left undisturbed to write computer programs.
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Suzan Hamer 
Netherlands
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| Perhaps it's better instead to say | Mar 20, 2014 |
Kristian Andersson wrote:
Just send them an email asking if they have any projects at the moment!
you just want to let them know you are now available (although yes, as you mentioned earlier, your availability can change in a flash. But if at the moment you are sitting around twiddling your thumbs... ) This will at least let them know you are still interested in working with them.
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| I should just do it. | Mar 23, 2014 |
Julie Dion wrote: Time to raise your rates 
You're right of course. I suppose I should stop being a wimp and just do it.
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
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Member (2008)
Italian to English
| No more please | Mar 23, 2014 |
There's no such word as "anymore".
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Kay Denney
France
Local time: 21:51
French to English
| It's chiefly North American | Mar 23, 2014 |
Tom in London wrote:
There's no such word as "anymore".
and yet there's an entry for it here:
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/anymore
it's creeping into the language.
I'm not chiefly North American so I don't bother, but I wouldn't take anyone to task over it.
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| Usage Discussion of ANYMORE | Mar 24, 2014 |
Tom in London wrote:
There's no such word as "anymore".
'... Although both anymore and any more are found in written use, in the 20th century anymore is the more common styling. Anymore is regularly used in negative , interrogative , and conditional . The positive use appears to have been of Midland origin, but it is now reported to be widespread in all speech areas of the United States except New England. ...'
-- http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anymore
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:51
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Italian to English
| justrunallthewordstogether | Mar 24, 2014 |
Richard Bartholomew wrote: Tom in London wrote:
There's no such word as "anymore". '... Although both anymore and any more are found in written use, in the 20th century anymore is the more common styling. Anymore is regularly used in negative , interrogative , and conditional . The positive use appears to have been of Midland origin, but it is now reported to be widespread in all speech areas of the United States except New England. ...' -- http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anymore
OKletamericansrunallthewordstogethersothatspacesareeliminatedcompletely.
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| Yes, I do mention when I will be available again. | Jan 18, 2015 |
Triston Goodwin wrote:
Just out of curiosity, do you mention when you will be available again? ...
Yes thank you Triston, I regularly mention when I will be available again---usually right after having informed or reminded them about the existence of my Proz schedule calendar.
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Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 12:51
Member (2006)
Norwegian to English
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| Scriptio continua | Jan 18, 2015 |
Tom in London wrote:
justrunallthewordstogether
OKletamericansrunallthewordstogethersothatspacesareeliminatedcompletely.
likeclassicalgreekandlatin
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| Like buses... | Jan 19, 2015 |
... you wait for ages in the cold and then three come along together.
What I normally manage to do is take short jobs to rush off early in the morning even when I'm full - that normally keeps my hand in with my regular agencies. You can tell clients you'll be available for shorter jobs rather than just saying no.
Having told them when you'll be available again, you can always send a reminder once you're free, which sounds less like begging and comes across, at worst, a... See more ... you wait for ages in the cold and then three come along together.
What I normally manage to do is take short jobs to rush off early in the morning even when I'm full - that normally keeps my hand in with my regular agencies. You can tell clients you'll be available for shorter jobs rather than just saying no.
Having told them when you'll be available again, you can always send a reminder once you're free, which sounds less like begging and comes across, at worst, as over-helpful.
I think in general all agencies come back, specially at holiday times.
I have a few secondary activities to fall back on in downtime, so days not spent on translation are not wasted. ▲ Collapse
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